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2022

The Colour of our Hearts is the Colour of our City - Lagos
Book documenting the exhibition

Available on request

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2020

The Colour of our Hearts is the Colour of our City - Abuja City
Book documenting the exhibition

Available on request

Cover

2021

Ask Yourself  
Book based on the 2014 project Ask Yourself  
[See Independent Curatorial Projects]  

Available on request

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2019

I am Bahamian. I eat Conch Salad
Book documenting the exhibition / art intervention

Featuring the essay:

"Questioning the Canon: Art and the Museum's Social Responsibility"

Available on request

Writing on the Work

The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of Our City  

in Methods for Ecocritical Art History  

Edited by Olga Smith and Andrew Patrizio  

Manchester University Press, 2026

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Documentaries

2019

I Learnt This Film

Documentary based on the 2015 project I Learnt This

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Ask Yourself Film

Documentary based on the 2014 project Ask Yourself

View Documentary

Press

2022  

 

An Exceptional International Artist Producing Exquisite Art  
Kakaaki Reporters, Nigeria  

Oct. 27, 2022  

 

Celebrated Nigerian artist Amarachi Okafor highlights Ecological Disaster  
worldart.news  

Nov. 7, 2022  

 

Nigerian artist brings local perceptions to international stage  
artdaily.com

July 27, 2022  

 

The Rise of Amazons — Curators (by Keturah Ovio)  
Business Day Weekender  
[accessed Mar. 28, 2022]  


2021  

 

Okafor's Installation Probitiy of Urbanisation hits Lagos

A-ARTs
Sept. 18, 2021  

 

Public Conversation about The Colour of Lagos  
CCA, Lagos  
Amarachi Okafor in discussion with Uche Okpa Iroha and Gerald Chukwuma  
[accessed Oct. 05, 2021]  

 

Amarachi Okafor Exhibits at CCA, Lagos — Video  
by Chioma Okpara  

THISDAY News — Art & Review  
“The Colour of Lagos”  

 

The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of our City shown at CCA, Lagos

THIS DAY News 
[accessed Oct. 05, 2021]  

 

The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of our City  
Exhibition Tour

with the Artist  


2020

 
ArtBeatNG — On the exhibition  
The Colour of Our Hearts is the Colour of our City  
[accessed Sept. 29, 2020]  

 

Art & Review  
Nigeria @60 — Celebrating Nigeria's Independence  

THIS DAY News
[accessed Sept. 29, 2020]  

 

I Learnt This!

Google Arts & Culture  
[accessed July 09, 2020]  

 

Jogjakarta Biennial — Hacking Conflict, Equator #3  
Biennale Jogja  
[accessed July 09, 2020]  

 

Universes.art  
[accessed July 09, 2020]  

 

South-South  
[accessed June 19, 2022]  


2014  


African Artists Foundation  
National Art Competition  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  

 

National Art Competition 2014 Winners Announced  
[accessed July 09, 2020]  


2012

 
Tiwani Contemporary, London  
June 2012  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  

 

We Face Forward — Art from West Africa Today  
Manchester  
June 2012  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  


2010

 
Ravy Festival, Yaoundé  

Ravy2010
April 2010  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  


2008

 
Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Wales  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  

 

Channel 4, London  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  


2007

 
Babelkunst I  
Trondheim, Norway  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  

 

Babelkunst II  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  

 

Lademoen Kunstnerverksteder  
Trondheim  
[accessed Feb. 10, 2015]  

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